2 And forgiveness consists in this, that every lender who has lent to his neighbor should forgive the debt, and should not retrieve from his neighbor or from his brother: for forgiveness is proclaimed for the sake of the Lord [your God].

3 Thou shalt demand from the foreigner, but what is thine with thy brother, forgive.

4 Unless you have a beggar: for the LORD will bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, that you may take it for an inheritance,

5 if only thou wilt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, and endeavour to keep all these commandments which I command thee this day;

6 For the LORD your God will bless you, as he has spoken to you, and you will lend to many nations, but you yourself will not borrow. and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

7 And if any of thy brethren be poor among thee, in one of thy gates in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, neither shalt thou forge thy hand before thy poor brother;

8 But thou shalt open thy hand unto him, and lend unto him, according to his need, what he has need of.

9 Take heed lest the wicked thought enter into thy heart, saying, The seventh year is coming, the year of forgiveness, and lest thy eye be made unmerciful unto thy poor brother, and thou shalt refuse him. for he shall cry out against thee to the Lord, and sin shall be upon thee;

10 And when you give to him, your heart must not be grieved, for therefore the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all that you do with your hands.

11 For the poor shall always be in the midst of [thy] land; Therefore I command you, Open your hand to your brother, to your poor and needy in your land.

12 If thy brother, a Jew, or a Hebrew woman, selleth unto thee, he shall be thy servant six years, and in the seventh year thou shalt set him free from thee.

13 And when thou shalt let him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty-handed,

14 But thou shalt supply him from thy flocks, and from thy threshing-floor, and from thy winepress: thou shalt give him wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

15 Remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God delivered you: therefore I command you this this day.